Porn sites are generally supporting file-sharing services such as Freenet, according to an IDG story. “It could be a major benefit for us,” says David Schlesinger, VP for Internet marketing at Vivid Video, a leading maker of pornographic videos. “If surfers find a snippet from a movie, it might entice them into buying the whole tape. We can actually turn these shared files into mini-infomercials.”

Executives of both Caldera Systems and the Santa Cruz Operation are assuring SCO Unixware users that the merged company will still support the product, reports ComputerWorld. More at InfoWorld.

TechWeb News looks at the benefits of leasing rather than buying a
SAN.

Network Solutions says it will let accredited registrars offer Internet domains using characters from 55 different languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and Hebrew, reports ComputerWorld.

UpsideToday’s interview with GNU’s Richard Stallman.

IBM’s $70 answer to Front Page makes site-building and management easy, but it’s not compatible with all Linux distros, from gnulinux.com.

This ZDNet UK News article warns, while anticipating the delights of 3G, be aware of the inherent dangers.

Business Wire reports, AbleCommerce, a Division of
AbleSolutions Corporation, announced the release of Linux and Solaris compatible editions of AuctionBuilder 1.0.

LinuxWorld surveys the vast menagerie of sometimes remarkably polished tools available for creating and serving XML documents.

America Online, Inktomi and closely held Adero said they formed an
alliance to help Internet surfers get information faster, reports Reuters.